New fire chief promotes girlfriend's brother

10:18 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

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Rochester Fire Chief John Schreiber recently promoted his girlfriend's brother to a vacant deputy chief job in the department, but the fire union president and a City Council member say the move is not a case of nepotism.

Schreiber, chosen for his job in December by then Mayor-elect Lovely Warren, has named Capt. Felipe Hernandez to the position of temporary deputy chief of the Fire Academy, said Jim McTiernan, president of the firefighters union.